I bought the Xiaomi 13 Ultra while waiting for the 15 Pro Max to be released. I'd say, the Xiaomi UI these days mimic iOS pretty closely - your muscle memory will work things out for you most of the time.
In my personal opinion, it is a more of a solid camera only kind of setup as it's not a very nice phone to use thanks to MIUI. But I'll still keep it and get the iPhone 15 Pro Max

Rather than the lens, i'd say the DoF is largely attributed to the large sensor for the Xiaomi 13 Ultra. The Huawei P60 Pro has a faster lens (wider aperture) but negated by a smaller sensor.

Photo outcome especially, it can be frustrating when you're taking close ups, mainly because of these few reasons.
1) Rather far minimum focusing distance, you can't go up close like a typical iPhone
2) Too much bokeh - imagine you're taking photo of a plate of food at an angle; half the plate will be out of focus unless you stop it down to F/4.0 manually from F/1.9; only then it's usable.

Negative points aside, it's really really artistic if you know what you're doing. The 'Leica Authentic' mode is flat enough to be manipulated in post such as Adobe LR, although not at iPhone level

Photo outcome is very usable, I always find Xiaomi's colour science somewhat decent, ever since my first encounter with the brand with the Mi 4i. Which is atypical of a Chinese phone where they usually delivers punchy colours and over-sharpening in their photos.

As i'm getting the iPhone 15 Pro Max, i'm still contemplating to stick as planned with a duo iPhone combination - great for seamless integration, or do a hybrid Mi 13 Ultra - iPhone 15 Pro Max combo - best camera duo in my hands

Depending on what concert, Jay Chou concert I was able to lock on 3x by dialing back down the exposure throughout

Yes, can either buy from shopee/lazada SG or go down to any physical store(reseller like Courts, Harvey Norman, Challenger) and buy

Bought SG AppleCare+ for my HK sets

Nope, few hundred RM more. But you stand a chance to get it a week ahead of most other Malaysians plus the amount of stock should technically be larger given that it's one of Apple's primary markets

Spigen Crystal Hybrid

Oh dear, I've pre-ordered the black since I only ever get phones in black

Now you remind me of my iPhone 5 that is prone to dings along the edges, space grey iPhone 6S Plus that suffers from pitting and the worst of the lot - the Jet Black iPhone 7 Plus that I used to own

I'll be keeping it, I almost never venture out of black for my devices haha

Nope, I can't - mine is set to pickup on the 22nd, so its either collect it on that day or I cancel my pre-order and re-join the queue.
Alternatively, join Malaysia's queue lol

Cases are here 3 days ahead of the phones

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If you can hold out to 10/10, they usually throw in pretty decent vouchers

A few videos covering the 15th iteration of iPhone

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Too bad there's no 3.2x and the 5x like the Xiaomi 13 Ultra

Nothing positive coming from the Chinese critics

Perhaps undervolting the processor might help, hence a software update might fix it and iOS 17 isn't known for good battery life either; at least the beta experience shows this

There's a hype? I've been exclusively using their glass screen protectors on all of my devices, ordered from Taobao for around 4-5 years now.

Which is a good thing I feel. While using the 4 I upgraded to the 5, but the people around me who were using 4S stuck with it for quite much longer. Same with the 5s while I was using the 5. Then I made the decision to upgrade to the 6S Plus from the 6 Plus when it came out and it was a wise decision.

XS Max is still my main daily driver since 2018, S phones are the best.

Yes. https://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/feature-app...ore-price-specs

Posted using Xiaomi 13 Ultra powered by SD8 Gen 2

Yes finally got shipping number

You got the discount from Woolies?

Call 123 right in front of their face